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Brown Act

Incomplete labor exemption codes within School District closed session agenda

I have continually requested the agenda labor exemption code be corrected for a closed session in our School District. The full exemption code is 54957.6(a), however they continue to list only 54957, leaving out the .6(a) portion. I believe accuracy would be better for transparency, and I want it to be legal as well. […]

March 24, 2016
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CFAC files suit in affirmative action case to defend researcher’s academic freedom and oppose State Bar’s claim that it is above the law of access

By Peter Scheer Richard Sander, a highly regarded UCLA law professor and statistician, is conducting research with important implications for higher education. To complete the research, which has been the subject of many scholarly articles and intense academic interest, he needs access to a California government database. So why has the State Bar, which […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule

[…] to public officials. FAC was represented in the litigation by Jean-Paul Jassy of Jassy Vick LLP in LA. The settlement grows out of a suit by FAC for access to the visitor logs for one of the LA jail's high-profile inmates, John Noguez, the embattled LA County Assessor who faces multiple felony counts for […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
December 5, 2013
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Court Records

Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

Made FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2 Superior Court judges for past 5 years. Response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but not what I asked […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Does “Deliberative Process Privilege” Allow California governor to Withhold Communications Relating to Voter-Mandated Study?

[…] the Governor and his administration." Despite the requested communications only pertain to the mandated nonprofit feasibility study. The Governor's legal team has not responded to a request for an explanation of how the public interest in nondisclosure of the requested information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. I am currently trying to figure out […]

March 13, 2020
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CPRA

Can we submit a Public Records Act request for a California elected official’s personal emails, text messages?

[…] to the CPRA still apply to information contained in personal accounts, such as the exemptions for certain personal financial data, personnel and medical files, and the "catch-all" exemption of Cal. Gov. Code § 6255(a). In any event, any messages in the city council member’s accounts that substantively pertain to the public’s business (and are […]

July 30, 2020
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CPRA

Public Officials’ Personal Email

[…] city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure to such requests?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Drafts and Public Record

My city is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public official salaries and the CPRA

I'd like to find information on executive salaries for public utility organizations (SMUD, LADWP, WAPA and NCPA). Can you advise me if these are publicly available records and if so, what’s the best way to obtain them might be?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

District won’t release legal bills from defending workers’ comp cases

[…] the school district and made a public records act request in order to determine how much the school district is spending in her case and in total for legal defense of workers' compensation matters. It is our belief that the attorney is not settling cases for his own profit. The district refuses to turn […]

October 22, 2010